The Garden an English Love Affair: One Thousand Years of Gardening

by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall

Book Overview

Join a landscape architect on a trip through time to study the complex, exciting story of English gardening. Explore how garden styles, from medieval times on, have reflected political, economic,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0297843079
• ISBN13: 9780297843078
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.7" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Gorgeous book

This is the type of book you will enjoy reading cover-to-cover *and* keeping as a reference tool. The illustrations are gorgeous, and the knowledge crammed into these pages is as wide as it is deep & broad. Anyone who loves gardens and/or history will appreciate this book. Besides being a good read & handy tool, it includes a section on where to see gardens -- which is great for planning holiday trips. This book would also make a lovely gift for when you visit a good friend. What it includes: introduction, illustrations, photographs, timeline, where to see historic gardens, index, and bibliography